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Old 09/26/2010, 09:07 am   #1
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Thumbs up The Devil Playhouse End of Season Awards (tm)

Well, Season 3 has been over for almost a month now, so I think it's time we sort out the best of the best. The worst of the worst. The sweet of the sour. That's right, it's time for the Devil's Playhouse End of Season Awards (tm)! The categories are...

The Good:
Funniest episode
Episode with the best story
Episode with the best music
Episode with the best puzzles
Most shocking episode
Best new location
Best new character
Best use of an old character
Best overall episode

And the Bad:
Least funny episode
Worst story in an episode
Episode with the worst puzzles
Episode that best failed to meet expectations
Worst new character
Worst use of an old character
Worst overall episode

Without further Mountain Dew, let's get this trainwreck a-rolling! Post your votes below! Come Sunday, October 10th, I'll post the results and the winners will be known.
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Old 09/26/2010, 09:16 am   #2
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The Good:
Funniest episode: City that Dares
Episode with the best story: City That Dares
Episode with the best music: City that Dares
Most shocking episode: City that Dares
Best new location: The Museum (They Stole Max's Brain!/Beyond the Alley of the Dolls)
Best new character: Sal
Best use of an old character: Tie; Satan + Santa Claus
Best overall episode: City that Dares

And the Bad:
Least funny episode: N/A
Worst story in an episode: N/A
Episode that best failed to meet expectations: Tomb of Sammun-Mak
Worst new character:Frankie the Rat
Worst use of an old character: Jurgen
Worst overall episode: N/A

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Old 09/26/2010, 09:18 am   #3
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Funniest episode - Beyond the Alley of the Dolls
Episode with the best story - Beyond the Alley of the Dolls
Episode with the best music - The City That Dares Not Sleep
Episode with the best puzzles - Beyond the Alley of the Dolls
Most shocking episode - The City That Dares Not Sleep
Best new location - The Disorient Express
Best new character - Sal (surprising, right?)
Best use of an old character - Mama Bosco
Best overall episode - The City That Dares Not Sleep

Least funny episode
- They Stole Max's Brain!*
Worst story in an episode - They Stole Max's Brain!*
Episode with the worst puzzles - They Stole Max's Brain!*
Episode that best failed to meet expectations - They Stole Max's Brain!*
Worst new character - Sammun-Mak
Worst use of an old character - Featherly
Worst overall episode - They Stole Max's Brain!*

*Okay, just let me say this. It wasn't that I didn't like They Stole Max's Brain!, it was just my least favorite. It was still a decent episode.

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Old 09/26/2010, 09:27 am   #4
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The Good:
Funniest episode-Tomb of Sammun-Mak
Episode with the best story-Beyond The Alley of the Dolls
Episode with the best music-The City that Dares not Sleep
Most shocking episode-Beyond The Alley of the Dolls
Best new location-Skun'kape's ship
Best new character-Dr. Norrington/Anton Papierwaite
Best use of an old character-Flint Paper
Best Puzzles:The Tomb of Sammun-Mak
Best overall episode-Beyond the Alley of the dolls

And the Bad:
Least funny episode-They stole Max's brain
Worst story in an episode-The Penal Zone
Episode that best failed to meet expectations-They Stole Max's brain
Worst new character-Frankie The Rat
Worst use of an old character-Abe Lincoln
Worst Puzzles:They Stole Max's Brain
Worst overall episode-They Stole Max's Brain
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Old 09/26/2010, 09:31 am   #5
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Suit yerself.

Also, I forgot two of the most important categories!

Best puzzles in an episode
& Worst Puzzles in an episode

If you've already voted, feel free to edit your post to include those categories.
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Old 09/26/2010, 09:35 am   #6
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The Good:
Funniest episode: The Penal Zone
Episode with the best story: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak
Episode with the best music: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls
Most shocking episode: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls
Best new location: Max's Inventory
Best new character: Papierwaite
Best use of an old character: Superball (in the finale)
Best overall episode: The Penal Zone

And the Bad:
Least funny episode: They Stole Max's Brain!
Worst story in an episode: They Stole Max's Brain!
Episode that best failed to meet expectations The City That Dares not Sleep
Worst new character: Frankie
Worst use of an old character: Featherly
Worst overall episode: None!
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Old 09/26/2010, 09:36 am   #7
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Best Puzzle: Banana peel in The Penal Zone
Worst Puzzle: Knocking over the corn dog tower twice
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Old 09/26/2010, 09:43 am   #8
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Best Puzzle: Banana peel in The Penal Zone
Worst Puzzle: Knocking over the corn dog tower twice
I meant the overall puzzles in each episode. I'll go ahead and reword that in the first post.
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The Good:
Funniest episode: 302
Episode with the best story: 302
Episode with the best music: 303
Episode with the best puzzles: 302
Most shocking episode: 303
Best new location: Max interior, Living room
Best new character: Norrington
Best use of an old character: Sybil
Best overall episode: 302

And the Bad:
Least funny episode: 305
Worst story in an episode: 305
Episode with the worst puzzles: 303
Episode that best failed to meet expectations: 305
Worst new character: Sal
Worst use of an old character: Lincoln
Worst overall episode: 305
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Old 09/26/2010, 10:57 am   #10
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Worst new character: Sal
Worst use of an old character: Lincoln
Worst overall episode: 305
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Old 09/26/2010, 11:38 am   #11
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The Good:
Funniest episode: Both The Penal Zone and the City That Dares Not Sleep
Episode with the best story: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls (for the finale)
Episode with the best music: They Stole Max's Brain (The noir act had the best music)
Episode with the best puzzles: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls
Most shocking episode: The City That Dares Not Sleep
Best new location: The Statue of Liberty
Best new character: Sal
Best use of an old character: Sam & Max. Okay, seriously, I gotta say I really liked Doctor Momma Bosco in this season.
Best overall episode: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls (honestly, the season should have ended roughly around here. Big finale, end of the psychic toys arc, the Toybox was destroyed, and in the end the fifth episode was essentially just due to Max falling on a shrimp-like Elder God fetus. It seemed kind of weak and while 305 has great lines, is very emotionally powerful and I DO like it, I think they could have segued into it better.)

And the Bad:
Least funny episode: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls (it was just the one with the fewest jokes, I find.)
Worst story in an episode: N/A
Episode with the worst puzzles: They Stole Max's Brain (the alternate universe was just plain terrible to play through. The atmosphere was just GONE because I could barely hear the background music)
Episode that best failed to meet expectations: They Stole Max's Brain
Worst new character: Sammun-Mak
Worst use of an old character: Girl Stinky
Worst overall episode: They Stole Max's Brain
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...and in the end the fifth episode was essentially just due to Max falling on a shrimp-like Elder God fetus. It seemed kind of weak and while 305 has great lines, is very emotionally powerful and I DO like it, I think they could have segued into it better.)
It was actually stated that transformation of Max is caused partially, if not completely, by the temporal psychic power up.
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It was actually stated that transformation of Max is caused partially, if not completely, by the temporal psychic power up.
If that was completely caused by the psychic powers, then they were very misleading and STILL could have segued into it better.
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The Good:
Best overall episode: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls (honestly, the season should have ended roughly around here. Big finale, end of the psychic toys arc, the Toybox was destroyed, and in the end the fifth episode was essentially just due to Max falling on a shrimp-like Elder God fetus. It seemed kind of weak and while 305 has great lines, is very emotionally powerful and I DO like it, I think they could have segued into it better.)
I actually fully agree with this, so much that in my mind I've nicknamed Episodes 1 - 4 the "Devil's Toybox Arc" and then just have Episode 5 on it's own. Episode 1 to 4 felt much tighter because it all takes place in the course of one day and night cycle. and I have to agree about the finale, as nice and emotional Episode 5 was, Episode 4 was just pure epic and had the gameplay to back it up, unlike Episode 5 where the last thing we do is play a record then select a Vent, compared to the showdown we had in Episode 4 having to trick Charlie Ho Tep into destroying the Toybox, it was just totally awesome and it might actually be my fave Sam & Max episode.
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Old 09/26/2010, 12:40 pm   #16
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The Good:
Funniest episode: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak
Episode with the best story: The City that Dares not Sleep
Episode with the best music: The City that Dares not Sleep
Episode with the best puzzles: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak
Most shocking episode: They Stole Max's Brain!/Beyond the Alley of the Dolls (don't make me choose )
Best new location: The Cloning Chamber
Best new character: Papierwaite
Best use of an old character: Girl Stinky
Best overall episode: The City that Dares not Sleep

And the Bad:
Least funny episode: They Stole Max's Brain!
Worst story in an episode: The Penal Zone
Episode with the worst puzzles: They Stole Max's Brain!
Episode that best failed to meet expectations: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak
Worst new character: Sammun-Mak
Worst use of an old character: Harry Moleman
Worst overall episode: The Penal Zone
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The Good:
Funniest Episode: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak
Episode with Best Story: The City that Dares Not Sleep
Episode with Best Music: I can't choose. Sorry.
Episode with the Best Puzzles: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak
Most Shocking Episode: Hmm... Beyond the Alley of the Dolls
Best New Location: I liked Papierwaite's museum.
Best New Character: Sal! <3
Best Use of an Old Character: Superball
Best Overall Episode: They Stole Max's Brain.

The Bad:
Least Funny Episode: The City that Dares Not Sleep.
Worst Story in an Episode: N/A
Episode with the Worst Puzzles: They Stole Max's Brain
Episode that Best Failed to Meet Expectations: The City that Dares Not Sleep
Worst New Character: Baby Amelia Earheart
Worst Use of an Old Character: Bluster Blaster
Worst Overall Episode: N/A
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The Good:
Funniest episode: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak
Episode with the best story: The City that Dares Not Sleep
Episode with the best music: The City that Dares Not Sleep
Episode with the best puzzles: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak
Most shocking episode: The City that Dares Not Sleep/Beyond the Alley of the Dolls
Best new location: Inside Monster Max
Best new character: Papierwaite & Norrington
Best use of an old character: The C.O.P.S
Best overall episode: The City that Dares Not Sleep

And the Bad:
Least funny episode: They Stole Max's Brain!
Worst story in an episode: None. They were all brilliant.
Episode with the worst puzzles: They Stole Max's Brain!
Episode that best failed to meet expectations: The Penal Zone
Worst new character: Sammun-Mak
Worst use of an old character: Baby Amelia Earhart
Worst overall episode: They Stole Max's Brain! Unfortunately, it was only slightly shy of excellent puzzle-wise.
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Funniest episode -- 304
Episode with the best story -- 305
Episode with the best music -- 301, especially the Gordon Theme
Episode with the best puzzles -- 301
Most shocking episode -- 305
Best new location -- The Disorient Express in 302
Best new character -- Papierwaite/Norrington
Best use of an old character -- Harry Moleman in 301: The "It's Moleman!" sequence
Best overall episode -- 302, because of the beautiful art.

Least funny episode --301
Worst story in an episode -- The second half of 303
Episode with the worst puzzles -- 303, especially second half
Episode that best failed to meet expectations -- 303
Worst new character -- The European tourist in 303
Worst use of an old character -- Sybil in 305: she is mean and self-centred.
Worst overall episode -- sorry, has to be 303
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The Good:
Funniest episode-beyond the alley of the dolls
Episode with the best story-the tomb of sammun-mak
Episode with the best music-the tomb of sammun-mak
Episode with the best puzzles-the tomb of sammun-mak
Most shocking episode-the city that dares not sleep
Best new location-the musem
Best new character-paperwaite/norrington
Best use of an old character-superball
Best overall episode-the tomb of sammun-mak

And the Bad:
Least funny episode-they stole max's brain
Worst story in an episode-they stole max's brain
Episode with the worst puzzles-they stole max's brain
Episode that best failed to meet expectations-the city that dares not sleep
Worst new character-sammun-mak
Worst use of an old character-lincoln
Worst overall episode-they stole max's brain

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